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- Music, Music Review Dec 30, 2020
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Prolific Japanese artists Boris and Merzbow bid farewell to 2020 together
- Music, Music Review Dec 21, 2020
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Katatonia make the most of a year without tours with the ‘live’ album Dead Air
- Music, Music Review Dec 7, 2020
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Sour hearken back to thrash metal’s glory days on their self-titled debut
- Music, Music Review Nov 24, 2020
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Crusty metal six-piece Ilsa call out cruelty and corruption through the story of an 80s murderer
- Music, Music Review Nov 12, 2020
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Chicago extreme music pioneers Macabre release their first album in nearly a decade
- Music, Music Review Nov 11, 2020
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Finnish metal explorers Dark Buddha Rising conjure serenity within the storm on Mathreyata
- Music, Music Review Oct 15, 2020
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Spirit Adrift show us the timelessness and future of classic metal on Enlightened in Eternity
- Music, Music Review Sep 25, 2020
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Chicago’s Rezn gets more psychedelic and experimental on Chaotic Divine
- Music, Music Review Sep 21, 2020
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Hardcore, metal, and punk bands unite for Shut It Down: Benefit for the Movement for Black Lives
- Music, Music Review Aug 19, 2020
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Metal trio Primitive Man connect the dark side of humanity with individual struggle on Immersion
- Music, Music Review Jul 8, 2020
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New York metal outfit Pyrrhon confront our harrowing reality on Abscess Time
- Music, Music Review Jul 2, 2020
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Celestial sludge-metal supergroup Old Man Gloom return after tragedy with two new full-lengths
- Music, Music Review Jun 19, 2020
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Indian death-metal band Heathen Beast tell fascists to fuck off
- City Life, Stay at Home May 30, 2020
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The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 71 and 72
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- Music, Music Review Mar 13, 2020
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Possessed roar through the death metal of future past
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Jan 29, 2020
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Dungeons & Heshers on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Adam Luksetich for his series Cafe Must Thrash.
- Music, Concert Preview Jan 24, 2020
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Meth. pummel listeners with aggression and noise
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2018
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Local powerviolence trio Stay Asleep drop the first single from their long-anticipated debut album
The members of Stay Asleep may have emo pedigrees, but "Misanthrope" is hard, heavy, and mean.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2017
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There’s a pile of sacrificial severed heads on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Swedish artist and musician Axel Widén.
- Film, Movie Review Feb 15, 2017
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The Red Turtle swims against the tide of children’s animation
Dutch artist Michael Dudok de Wit tells the simple story of a castaway humbled by nature.
- Blogs, Bleader May 27, 2016
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Sweden's Scorched Tundra metal festival debuts in Chicago in September—and tickets go on sale today
The first local installment of Scorched Tundra will host heaviness by the likes of Bongripper, Monolord, and False.
- Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2016
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Dark Lord Day pays homage to Blade Runner on the gig poster of the week
This week's gig poster was designed by local artist Dan Grzeca of Ground Up Press.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2016
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Local power trio RLYR premiere the first song from their upcoming debut
Three masters of boundary-pushing metal go shiny, pretty, and epic in RLYR.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 25, 2016
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Powerviolence monsters Weekend Nachos release the first song from their final record
"Writhe" is a frenzied explosion, classic Weekend Nachos style—they're going out on a high note.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 4, 2016
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Monday marks Oozing Wound's final show with founding drummer Kyle Reynolds
The thrash revivalists are already on the hunt for a new drummer.
